[ˈka.pʊt], [ˈkaː.put]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Cognates include German Haupt and English head.
- declension-3, neuterThe head. (of human and animals)
“caput hūmānum” — human head
- declension-3, neuter, poeticThe head as the seat of the understanding.
- declension-3, neuter(of inanimate things)
“caput rerum” — the main point of the matter
- declension-3, neuter, usuallyThe head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end).
““… mē puer Ascanius capitisque iniūria cārī,” — “[I consider] my son Ascanius, and my wronging of his dear life’s summit, [how] I deprive him of his Hesperian kingdom and destined fields.”
(Ascanius will become a legendary king and ancestor of the
- declension-3, neuterThe origin, source, spring (head). (of rivers)
“nunc ad aquae lēne caput sacrae.” — now by some gentle river's sacred spring.
- declension-3, neuter, rareThe mouth, embouchure.
- declension-3, neuter, sometimesThe root.
- declension-3, neuterVine branches.
- declension-3, neuter, poetic(of trees) The summit, top.
- declension-3, neuterA man, person, or animal.
- declension-3, figuratively, neuterPhysical life.
“[…] omnibus pollicitationibus ac praemiis deposcunt qui belli initium faciant et sui capitis periculo Galliam in libertatem vindicent.” — and by every sort of promises and rewards, they earnestly solicit some to begin the war, and assert the freedom of Gaul at the hazard of their lives.
- declension-3, figuratively, neuterCivil or political life.
- declension-3, figuratively, neuterThe first or chief person or thing; the head, leader, chief, guide, capital.
“ut mea Rōma caput orbis terrārum sit” — that my Rome shall be the capital of the world
“quippe concēdentibus Rōmam caput Latiō esse” — seeing that we acknowledge Rome to be the capital of Latium
- declension-3, figuratively, neuterA division, section, paragraph, chapter.
“capita rerum” — the heads of the state affairs
- New-Latin, declension-3, neuterA headlike protuberance on an organ or body part, usually bone.
“caput ulnae” — head of the ulna
- New-Latin, declension-3, neuterA disease; a severe swelling of the soft tissues of a newborn's scalp that develops as the baby travels through the birth canal.
Formscapitis(genitive) · caput(nominative, singular) · capita(nominative, plural) · capitis(genitive, singular) · capitum(genitive, plural) · capitī(dative, singular) · capitibus(dative, plural) · caput(accusative, singular) · capita(accusative, plural) · capite(ablative, singular) · capitibus(ablative, plural) · caput(singular, vocative) · capita(plural, vocative) · cap.(alternative) · c.(alternative) · capud(alternative) · capus(alternative, Late-Latin) · cabo(alternative)